Necktie-holder.



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NECKTlE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. v

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed January 9,1906. Serial No. 295,272.

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. WoEoEs- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maehias, in the c'ounty of Washington and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie-holders, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, convenient, easily-applied, and reliable holder for neckties which will not interfere with the formation of the tie and which will thereafter engage the tie and prevent the same from riding upward on the collar.

With the above general object in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view in elevation of the necktie-holder, showing the relation which it bears to a collar and collar-button. Fig. 2 is an'elevation of the same with the outer member folded downward, the parts being in the proper position for forming the tie. Fig. 3 is a hori- Zontal cross section through the holder. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the holder, showing the relation thereof to the collar, the latter also being shown in section.

Like reference-numerals designate correspending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The necktie-holder contemplated in this invention comprises, essentially, an inner member 1 and an outer member 2, said members being approximately equal in size and being connected together by a hinge-joint 3. The inner member consists of a thin metal plate provided with a buttonhole 4, adapted to receive the collar button. The outer member 2 is out away centrally, as shown at 5, to provide oppositely arranged downwardly-projecting arms 6, which when the member 2 is folded toward and into parallel relation with the member 1 straddle the collar-button, as shown in Fig. 1. The member 2 is also provided with an inwardly-projecting spring-tongue 7, the extremity of which is deflected, as shown at 8, and adapted to bear against the member 1 when the member 2 is folded toward the member 1, so as to hold the member 2 in its folded position and prevent the same from moving outward and dropping downward. The arms 6 are provided upon their outer side with out- Wardly and downwardly projecting pins or spurs 9, with which the tie is adapted to engage and upon which the tie is impaled.

The inner member or plate 1 is first placed over the collar-button, and the flaps or ends of the collar are then adjusted around the collar-button in the usual manner. The outer member 2 is then folded upward from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the spring-tongue 7 holding the member 2 in such position. Beforefolding the member 2 upward, however, the formation of the tie is completed. The member 2 is then folded upward and the completed tie adjusted into engagement with the ins or spurs 9, whereby it is held in a reliab e manner.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. A necktie-holder comprising an inner member having a` buttonhole, and an outer member hinged to the inner member and provided with spaced arms having projecting pins or spurs for engaging the tie, substantially as described.

2. A necktie-holder comprising an inner member having a buttonhole, and an outer SAMUEL WORCESTER.

Witnesses:

E. H. BRYANT, RALPH W. ALBEE. 

